Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements Implementation Questions
A list of the implementation questions relating to the Medicaid work requirements in the 2025 Reconciliation law.
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Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements Data and Policies
FeatureDetailed state and national data related to the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Work Requirements
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Implementation of 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Managed Care Rate Setting Uncertainty & Potential Plan Exits
Policy WatchThis policy watch examines recent and anticipated managed care rate setting challenges and the potential implications of MCO exits.
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How Many Uninsured Are in the Coverage Gap and How Many Could be Eligible if All States Adopted the Medicaid Expansion?
Issue BriefThis analysis estimates that 1.2 million uninsured individuals in the ten states without Medicaid expansion, including many working adults, people of color, and those with disabilities, remain in the "coverage gap," ineligible for Medicaid or for tax credits that would make coverage affordable through the Affordable Care Act's Marketplaces.
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Medicaid Work Requirements: Federal Outreach Requirements and State Plans
Issue BriefState Medicaid programs must inform people affected by new work requirements with federally required notices, and most states are planning other types of outreach, including phone calls, public ads, and social media posts. This brief describes the federal outreach requirements and state plans, as well as the complexities and tight implementation timelines states face.
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Medicaid and the Road Ahead: Spending Cuts, Work Requirements and What’s Next for States, Providers and Families
Event Date:EventOn July 23, KFF and States Newsroom hosted an event focused on the impacts of work requirements and other federal policy changes on states, health care systems, and the people who rely on Medicaid.
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States Sue CMS Over Medicaid Work Requirements Rule, Citing Departure from Earlier Guidance on Medical Frailty
Quick InsightsLess than a month after CMS released its interim final rule on Medicaid work requirements, 24 states, including DC, sued the Trump administration over its interpretation of the 2025 reconciliation law’s requirements — including most notably the medical frailty exemption.
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AI: Show Me the Outcomes
PodcastChip talks with Dr. Toyin Ajayi, co-founder and CEO of Cityblock Health, which delivers value-based care to more than 100,000 Medicaid and dual-eligible members across ten states, many of them people of color managing chronic conditions. Ajayi makes a pointed case: Roughly 60 percent of health care AI investment goes to billing, coding, and risk adjustment — making sure someone gets paid — while only a fraction goes to delivering care. If we continue to…
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The Medical Frailty Exemption from Medicaid Work Requirements: Key Takeaways from the CMS Interim Final Rule
Issue BriefThis brief describes new guidance and potential challenges states will face in operationalizing the medical frailty exemption.
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In 30 of the States Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements, Governors Are on the Ballot in November
Quick InsightsA majority of states subject to new Medicaid work requirements — 30 of 44 — will hold gubernatorial elections this November, and leadership transitions, particularly those involving a change in party, could complicate state implementation of work requirements.